Plato (moon crater)
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Close up of Plato crater. Photo by Ole Nielsen. | ||
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position | 51.6 ° N , 9.38 ° W | |
diameter | 101 km | |
Named after | Plato | |
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database |
The lunar crater Plato is located on the side of the earth's moon facing us. It is located in the Montes Alpes (Alps mountains) at 51 ° 40 'north and 9 ° 20' west and has a diameter of 101 km. Its depth is around 1,000 m, the crater wall rises partially around 2,400 m above the dark crater floor.
Similar to the Maria , the crater floor is covered with formerly liquid basalt . The rim of the crater has slipped slightly inward on the western side over a length of approx. 15 km. Its age is estimated to be 3.2 to 3.8 billion years. Inside the crater there are 4 other craters with diameters up to about 2 km. These are often used to determine the quality of larger amateur telescopes.
Letter | position | diameter | link | |
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A. | Renamed to Bliss | |||
B. | 53.1 ° N , 17.32 ° W | 12 km | [1] | |
C. | 53.36 ° N , 19.48 ° W | 9 km | [2] | |
D. | 49.69 ° N , 14.59 ° W | 9 km | [3] | |
E. | 49.76 ° N , 16.21 ° W | 7 km | [4] | |
F. | 51.71 ° N , 17.43 ° W | 8 kilometers | [5] | |
G | 52.14 ° N , 6.3 ° W | 8 kilometers | [6] | |
H | 55.18 ° N , 2.03 ° W | 11 km | [7] | |
J | 49.04 ° N , 4.63 ° W | 8 kilometers | [8th] | |
K | 46.83 ° N , 3.29 ° W | 7 km | [9] | |
KA | 46.79 ° N , 3.6 ° W | 5 km | [10] | |
L. | 51.66 ° N , 4.41 ° W | 10 km | [11] | |
M. | 53.11 ° N , 15.52 ° W | 8 kilometers | [12] | |
O | 52.31 ° N , 15.45 ° W | 8 kilometers | [13] | |
P | 51.53 ° N , 15.24 ° W | 8 kilometers | [14] | |
Q | 54.62 ° N , 4.86 ° W | 8 kilometers | [15] | |
R. | 53.78 ° N , 18.48 ° W | 6 km | [16] | |
S. | 53.84 ° N , 15.02 ° W | 6 km | [17] | |
T | 54.58 ° N , 11.3 ° W | 8 kilometers | [18] | |
U | 49.59 ° N , 7.42 ° W | 6 km | [19] | |
V | 55.87 ° N , 7.37 ° W | 6 km | [20] | |
W. | 57.24 ° N , 17.83 ° W | 4 km | [21] | |
X | 50.19 ° N , 13.85 ° W | 4 km | [22] | |
Y | 53.17 ° N , 16.32 ° W | 10 km | [23] |
See also
Web links
- Plato in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
- SkyTrip: Plato
- Spektrum.de : Collection of amateur recordings